[openstack-dev] [packaging] Adding packaging as an OpenStack project
Paul Belanger
pabelanger at redhat.com
Tue Jun 16 16:46:18 UTC 2015
On 06/16/2015 12:41 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> On 06/15/2015 01:43 PM, Paul Belanger wrote:
>> While I agree those points are valid, and going to be helpful, moving
>> under OpenStack (even Stackforge) does also offer the chance to get more
>> test integration upstream (not saying this was the original scope).
>> However, this could also be achieved by 3rd party integration too.
>
> Nod, 3rd party integration is worth exploring.
>
>> I'm still driving forward with some -infra specific packaging for Debian
>> / Fedora ATM (zuul packaging). Mostly because of -infra needs for
>> packages. Not saying that is a reason to reconsider, but there is the
>> need for -infra to consume packages from upstream.
>
> I suspect that, at least initially, the needs of -infra specific
> packaging will be quite different than the needs of general-purpose
> packaging in Debian/Fedora distros. Trying to tightly couple the two
> will just bog you down in trying to solve far too many problems for far
> too many people. But, I also suspect that -infra packaging will be quite
> minimal and intended for the services to be configured by puppet, so
> there's a very good chance that if you sprint ahead and just do it, your
> style of packaging will end up feeding back into future packaging in the
> distros.
>
My thoughts exactly. I believe by the next summit, we should have a base
in -infra for producing packages (unsure about consuming ATM).
Interesting times ahead.
> Allison
>
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